Chapter 73

The call had just connected when Jiang Nannan's cursing came through the phone.

"That Lin Miao, who occupies the magpie's nest, is so disgusting. First, she suppressed the heat on this matter, and now she claims the person in the video isn't her. Then, who knows how much money she spent to find someone who looks like her from a distance, claiming that the person often seen going to various places with Fu Chenyan is her. Lin Miao has completely cleared her name! And Fu Chenyan, he says that the person in the photos and videos is that woman."

"He says that woman has a crush on him and the video was taken out of context. That woman even stood up and admitted it, saying it was her own fault for causing trouble for Fu Chenyan and Lin Miao. After some paid internet trolls controlled the narrative, Lin Miao and Fu Chenyan have been whitewashed!"

Shu Xia sneered, "They must have spent a lot of money to come up with this move."

"You can't walk by the river without getting your shoes wet; they will definitely get their comeuppance! My dear Xia Xia, I'm so angry at their tactics that I could die. You must not break our plans tonight."

"Alright, see you at six o'clock tonight."

After hanging up, Shu Xia noticed Qiao Muting was looking at her.

Her lips moved; the matter had ended just like that, and she felt somewhat conflicted, not knowing what to say to Qiao Muting.

However, Qiao Muting spoke first, "Does the Lin Family treat you poorly?"

She had heard people around her ask her this question frequently over the past two days.

But she hadn't expected that one day Qiao Muting would ask her too.

She looked toward the front of the car, the light in her eyes deep, as if hiding some unspeakable worry, but her tone was indifferent, devoid of emotion, "The Lin Family has nothing to do with me."

Although she didn't directly say whether they were good or bad, the words "has nothing to do with me" already made it very clear.

Qiao Muting looked at her thoughtfully.

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Lin Miao looked at the card with a balance of only one hundred thousand and her face turned as black as charcoal.

She had actually demanded five million from her!

The person who clarified things for her on the internet today was someone she had found, a former college classmate named An Wan.

During their college years, she had undergone plastic surgery several times, almost modeling her appearance after hers. By the time they graduated, many classmates thought An Wan and she were sisters, or at least cousins.

At the time, she thought An Wan was just a clumsy imitator, but she hadn't expected her to come in handy today; it was just that An Wan was too greedy! She demanded five million right off the bat.

Thinking of her reputation, and in order not to hinder her marriage to Qiao Muting, a mere five million was nothing!

Seeing that Lin Miao was in low spirits, Lin Xu, who was to the side, said, "If I were you, I wouldn't feel good either. Now everyone knows you were wronged. When Shu Xia comes back, make her apologize to you. She listens to rumors and believes them, and since she wronged you for nothing, she should reflect on herself properly."

"Lin Xu, give Shu Xia a call and have her come back today. Our family really needs to have a good talk." Chen Xiuyue didn't know why, but whenever she thought of Shu Xia, she felt a wave of panic.

It was as if she had the feeling that she had done something wrong.

Lin Xu rolled his eyes, "She won't answer if I call. Mom, stop worrying about her. Look at all the things she's done lately; I don't even dare to go out and say I have a sister like that, for fear that people in the circle will laugh at me."

"Miaomiao, why don't you give her a call?" Chen Xiuyue said to Lin Miao.

Lin Miao felt even more upset. What was wrong with Mom? Why had she been thinking about Shu Xia more and more these past two days?

She hid her dissatisfaction in her heart.

"Alright, I'll call her now."

The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered.

Lin Miao looked at Chen Xiuyue helplessly, "Mom, Sister isn't answering my call. I don't even know where she's living now; I can't find her at all."

At this moment, Shu Xia was probably lying in the arms of some old man, doing those kinds of base, fawning things; how could she possibly have time to answer her call?

Chen Xiuyue frowned tightly, "I'll call Jiang Ye and ask her how she taught Xia Xia, how she could teach Xia Xia to go find someone to keep her, to be a mistress! My good daughter has been ruined by her teaching."